Dr Who?

The thing that gets me here is that Middlesbrough caught us spying and got us to delete the material. If this is the case then no advantage was gained by Southampton for the semi final games, and Middlesbrough are not the victim. If we are punished at that ridiculous level it should now be after the final and Hull take our place in premier league, if we were to win the final. The punishment should be for Southampton Football Club and there is no compensation for Middlesbrough in this case.

This and if the worse does happen, then Hull would go up instead. There is no way anything will change before the final. If it turns out we have been spying, then we did not gain any advantage for the semi final as the contents was deleted. So Middlesbrough are not the victim here, we have just broken a rule, it did not have any impact on Boro so they do not need compensation.

Kick off will be 1pm, which is rubbish as I have a long journey, but at least will be back for Horlicks.

No they would have to wait for the 27/28 season. 😉 Oh IF we go up!

Again a great read on the match thread while I eat my cornflakes! That was a very tense night, but come extra time Boro had nothing to give they were dead on their feet and we just had to make the breakthrough. In the end we fluked it in. Bring on Wembley! Oh but what I have read, leave that player of the season Leo at home he sounds terrible!

Post of the night!

Looking forward to this one. Another drive down for the game and back afterwards. So all done and dusted in normal time please. 😊 Bring it on!

IF we do get through, I do not know what to make of Hull. I thought they were shite. Saying this everyone came up to me during the day in the office and said Christ you were naff on Saturday I thought you were a good side 🙄 football uh!

He was outstanding!

Just back from the game. We got that sooooo wrong in the first half, nothing stuck, a long ball up to Larin, who was fouled a few times but the ref was giving nothing for that kind of foul all game to either side as it turned out we found out in the 2nd half. What was this reverting to fannying around at the back again? Once we stopped that we got a foothold in the game and we’re in control in the 2nd half and should have won. I cannot work out what we were trying to do in the first half and why we stuck with it for so long? Perhaps it was to say look, we were not spying! But 0-0 and the home game to go…. We would have taken that!

Great

We have a whole season. You can watch all their games somewhere online. This is not the 1950s, we know how they play in great detail, not just on the pitch but the stats as well. I just don’t get it, what do you really gain by doing this?

As a Saints fan and reading the statement, I have a horrible feeling that if we get to the final they are going to kick us out and reinstate the victim. This can be the only reason they want it resolved quickly and probably before or on the Wednesday morning. Of course it will be a fine or points deduction if we go out! I hope I am wrong but that was a strange sentence in the article! Are we going to be made an example of as the first team to do this since the new ruling?

They have got something more important on their minds!

Oh I know but there will be if it comes to light we have wronged.

If the team can arrive at 10am or before they will miss the pitchforks and get more time at the stadium. Not sure what the plans are for lunchtime kick offs. Breakfast at the hotel I suppose then on to the ground, but we just need to arrive a little earlier to miss and nuckledragging locals who think it will be funny to throw a brick 🧱

Was just going to say this or a magnified glass and a hat and pipe 🕵️

We could just look a bit silly, and it does fuel their fans and players, but will add to the occasion. No matter what happens we still have the better team and will win over 2 games, watching their training or picking some shrubbery aside.

If it is true and he is connected to the club, we could be in hot water. This will be taken very seriously after what Leeds did.

Who Lowe? Manchester hockey maybe! Ducking idiot!

It was at the Riverside and we were 1 down and then 1-2 up and we lost 3-2.

A lot of people do get given tickets for away games as they have contacts.

In the late 90s I remember we used to be behind the goal upper tier. I have been to Boro 4 times and seen us get 1 draw and lose the rest. Seem to remember us being 0-2 up and drew 2-2… actually we might have lost 3-2 or it just seemed like a loss.

If we reach the final we might even wear our home kit. I’m quite looking forward to watching us in a final where the fans and the players are wearing red. The last time was pretty good! Not for my local residents 😜

I have just been clearing out the attic, so expect some more old (as I’m old) memorabilia popping up on here, as I have the programs box to go through by the end of the week. But it was CD’s box today and I can across this one from The Valley Slags, The Legend of the Saint. I believe this was released by a local bank to promote or protest that Le God was not getting in the England squad. I seem to remember a very muted play of this on the pitch at home to Leeds at The Dell in an evening game (that might not be right, might have been a Saturday). I just remember being slightly embarrassed for them and the club. Does anyone know any of the band members, and what other stuff they played. I do know that the campaign ended badly as Matty did not go to France 98! So this would have been around March-May 97/98 season. Hymn sheet attached so please sing along!